Lulu Delacre, renowned multi-cultural children's author, worked with Terrace Elementary School students on Thursday, March 13, as a part of the Writers Workshop that is sponsored by Terrace each year. Her visit was the official beginning of our "Around the World" celebration that will culminate during the last week in April during Terrace’s Academic Celebration.
Lulu Delacre began her career as an illustrator in 1980; shortly after graduating from art school, but quickly moved into writing her own picture-book texts for young children with her 1986 work Nathan and Nicholas Alexander. While continuing to create artwork for authors such as Georgina Lázaro, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, and Lucía M. González, Delacre has also explored her own Latina heritage in works such as Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America, Arrorró mi niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games, and Rafi and Rosi, the last a picture book that depicts the day-to-day goings-on in the lives of two tree frogs in Delacre's characteristic pastel-toned colored pencil and watercolor wash.
